German men's national field handball team
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Association | DHB |
Balance sheet | |
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125 games 117 wins 3 draws 5 losses |
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statistics | |
First international match German Reich 3-6 Austria 13 September 1925, Halle (Saale)![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Last international game Netherlands 12:22 BR Germany June 14, 1970, Rotterdam![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Highest victory West Germany 34: 2 Luxembourg April 3, 1952, Offenbach am Main![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Biggest defeat GDR 14: 7 BR Germany June 9, 1963, Basel![]() ![]() ![]() |
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List of international matches | |
Olympic games | |
Participation | 1 of 1 ( 1936 ) |
best result |
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Handball world championship | |
Participation | 6 of 7 (First: 1938 ) |
best result |
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(As of March 23, 2020) |
The German men's national field handball team represented Germany at international matches and international tournaments.
The greatest success was the Olympic victory in 1936 and the five world championship titles ( 1938 , 1952 , 1955 , 1959 & 1966 ).
Olympic games
The German national handball teams took part in the only event in which field handball was played.
year | venue | Participation until ... | Result | medal |
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1936 |
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Finals |
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World championships
The German national handball teams reached the final of all field handball world championships that took part.
year | Host country | Participation until ... | Result | rank | Comments and special features |
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1938 |
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final |
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1948 |
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not eligible | After the Second World War, no new handball association had been founded to represent Germany at the IHF. | ||
1952 |
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final |
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All-German team |
1955 |
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final |
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All-German team |
1959 |
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final |
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All-German team |
1963 |
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final |
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1966 |
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Placement round |
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Individual evidence
- ^ Stephan Müller, Helmut Laaß: German handball international games. (CD; 87 MB) In: Sport-record.de. July 20, 2015, accessed June 21, 2019 .